Friday, August 16, 2019
M108, Kentucky International Convention Center
Sydne Record, Biology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, Quentin D. Read, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, John M Grady, Forestry, Michigan State University, MI; Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr College, PA, Phoebe Zarnetske, Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Kalaina Thorne, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, Benjamin Baiser, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Jonathan Belmaker, School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Angela L. Strecker, Environmental Science & Management, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Lydia Beaudrot, Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX and Katherine M. Thibault, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Battelle, Boulder, CO
NEON-enabled science provides unique opportunities for discoveries in biological research connecting regional to continental scales and to undergraduate classrooms introducing students to macroecology. Temperature is widely regarded as a major driver of species richness, but the mechanisms are debated. Using NEON small mammal body size data across 23 communities, we find evidence that temperature determines the community-wide niche space that species can occupy, which in turn alters richness. From this research we co-developed a figure set teaching module to enable undergraduate students to explore discoveries made from NEON data in the classroom and to expose them to coordinated network science.
